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The
2016 Australian Bocce Championships results saw the Victorian men and the
National U25’s and U35’s teams with their athleticism and superior precision
skill dominate the winner’s podium! NSW, QLD, South Australia and Western
Australia were also successful in the traditional events.

These
Championships will be known as the Daniel SAMSA Stampede,
as Daniel in the Under 23’s section,
stormed through the events winning six of the eight titles.In
the Under 18’s section, Queensland
were the power team winning 4 titles with New South Wales winning two and
South Australia going home with one title.

Twenty three young
athletes from China, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian
Capital Territory contested the 14 bocce events in this Championship, at the
Casa D’Abruzzo Club Boccedrome in Epping, Victoria over the 15th to
the 17th on April.

The highlights were many, but the final outcome
was unexpected! Victoria Metro scooped the pool winning five titles from the
total of the eleven on offer. They won
the Men’s Singles, Triples, Bowl Throw, and Precision Throw, while their ladies
won the Singles Title. The surprise of the Tournament was the win in the Women’s Singles event, by Atilia
Mezzalira, playing for Victoria Metro.

It was a tournament of surprises! Previous champions were
knocked out in the quarter finals – setting the stage for a contest between two
old rival States Victoria and NSW! The
smart money was on the talented local team with the benefit of three strong
shooters in their team but it was not to be – the Sydney Marconi team of Rocco
Mancini, Santa Bruzzese and Silvio Bruzzese outclassed the favourites Frank
Fava, Diane Penney and Nicholas Penney on time-limit 7 – 4!

The 8th
Australian Raffa Triples Open Championship attracted 18 teams from around
Australia vying for the $3,000 in prize money!

The Bocce Federation of Australia is privileged to
announce the arrival of Christophe Levaillant (the International Body of Bocce
(FIB) Director of Research and
Training) to conduct a series of
Officiating/Referee courses for prospective Australian referee
candidates and information sessions for those interested in upgrading their
skills or for those who are keen to learn more about the International
Technical Rules that govern the sport.

The three day Bocce Tournament bought together the
best junior bocce players from across Australia. Twenty-seven elite Under 14,
Under18 and Under 23 year’s athletes from ACT, Victoria, New South Wales and
South Australia contested in a number bocce events. As well as the traditional
forms of the game, the Singles and the Doubles, the juniors competed in the
more spectacular Bowl Throw, Precision Throw, and the Progressive Throw
competitions.

They were joined, after a one year break, by the seven
strong, Chinese Junior team from the Taiyuan Shanxi Province of China.

China Bocce
has an awesome reputation when it comes to winning bocce tournaments around the
world! This year a Chinese team of 7
(male and female) from the No.53 Middle
School of Taiyuan (Shanxi Province) is travelling to Australia to
challenge some of our brightest and best players.

In their sights will be Tristan
Giacometti who was the silver medallist at the 2013 Monaco ‘Denis Ravera’
International Challenge Competition!
Tristan will be competing alongside his NSW team mates – experienced international player, Daniel Samsa and
new-comer, Andrew Suber.